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Dear Customer,

Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product. We hope that you will enjoyusing it and that it will give you entire satisfaction for many years to come.

Please do register your product on our website (www.archos.com/register ) toensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free softwareupdates for your product.

Wishing you the best Multimedia experience,

The ARCHOS Team.

All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, as our engineers are always updating and improv- ing our products, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modied functionality than presented in this manual.

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GEN 5 ENGLISH USER MANUAL

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Versin 2.0

Entertainment way

605 WIFI

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MANUAL V2.0GEN 5 TAbLE of CoNTENTS > P. 2

Table Of COnTenTs

InTrOduCTIOn ........................................................................................4ARCHoS dESCRIPTIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

fIRST TIME USAGE: CHARGING THE bATTERy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TURNING THE ARCHoS oN/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

USING THE ARCHoS INTERfACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

CHANGING THE LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

PRodUCT CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1. PlayIng VIdeO ..................................................................................111.1 bRoWSING THRoUGH yoUR VIdEoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.2 VIdEo PLAybACk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.3 VIdEo PLAyER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

1.4 PUTTING VIdEoS oNTo yoUR ARCHoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.5 RECoRdING VIdEo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1.6 PLAyING yoUR PC’S SHAREd VIdEoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2. PlayIng MusIC ...............................................................................182.1 bRoWSING THRoUGH yoUR MUSIC fILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2.2 MUSIC PLAybACk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.3 MUSIC PLAyER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.4 PLAyLISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.5 PUTTING MUSIC oNTo yoUR ARCHoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.6 RECoRdING ANALoGUE AUdIo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2.7 PLAyING yoUR PC’S SHAREd MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3. VIewIng PhOTOs ..........................................................................293.1 bRoWSING THRoUGH yoUR PHoToS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.2 PHoTo VIEWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.3 PHoTo VIEWER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.4 PLAyING A SLIdESHoW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.5 VIEWING PHoToS WHILE LISTENING To MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3.6 PUTTING PHoToS oNTo yoUR ARCHoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.7 PLAyING yoUR PC’S SHAREd PHoToS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4. usIng The fIle brOwser ......................................................354.1 NAVIGATIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4.2 USING THE VIRTUAL kEyboARd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374.3 USING THE fILE bRoWSER WHILE LISTENING To MUSIC . . . . . . . . 38

4.4 bRoWSING oTHER CoMPUTERS oN THE NETWoRk . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4.5 USING THE Pdf REAdER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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MANUAL V2.0GEN 5 TAbLE of CoNTENTS > P. 3

5. COnneCTIng TO a wIfI neTwOrk .....................................425.1 WIfI CoNNECTIoN PRoCEdURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5.2 WIfI NETWoRk CoNfIGURATIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

6. The wIfI feaTures ................................................................... 466.1 bRoWSING THE WEb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

6.2 PLAyING yoUR PC’S SHAREd MEdIA fILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

6.3 THE ARCHoS CoNTENT PoRTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

7. TransferrIng fIles .................................................................527.1 CoNNECTING THE ARCHoS To A CoMPUTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

7.2 PUTTING fILES oNTo THE ARCHoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

7.3 dISCoNNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

8. MaIn seTTIngs ..............................................................................55

8.1 “SoUNd” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.2 “dISPLAy” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

8.3 “APPEARANCE” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

8.4 “LANGUAGE (ANd REGIoN)” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

8.5 “TV CoNTRoL” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

8.6 “CLoCk” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

8.7 “PoWER” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

8.8 “fIRMWARE ANd PLUG-INS” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

8.9 UPdATING THE fIRMWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.10 “SySTEM” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

9. OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes ..................................................669.1 ARCHoS ACCESSoRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

9.2 ARCHoS PLUG-INS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

9.3 SCHEdULING A TV RECoRdING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

9.4 RECoRdING ExTERNAL VIdEo MANUALLy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

9.5 RECoRdING ExTERNAL AUdIo MANUALLy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

9.6 dISPLAyING THE ARCHoS oN A TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699.7 EdITING VIdEo fILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

TrOubleshOOTIng ..........................................................................72RESETTING yoUR ARCHoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

SySTEM RECoVERy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

ToUCHSCREEN PRobLEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

REPAIR ANd foRMATTING TooLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

TeChnICal sPeCIfICaTIOns ........................................................75TeChnICal suPPOrT InfOrMaTIOn ......................................78



MANUAL V2.0GEN 5 INTRodUCTIoN > P. 4

InTrOduCTIOn

The information presented in this manual might vary ac-

cording to which ARCHOS Gen 5 model you have.Every time you see one of these icons, it means that thefollowing section will only concern this and only thismodel.

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MAIN bUTToNS

On top of the device:

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Press and hold to turn your ARCHOS on/off.*

The LED indicator, located on the right of the button, lights up when thedevice is on.

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* When you press this button to turn off the ARCHOS, your device will keepusing a small amount of battery power to allow a quick start up.

If you do not plan on using the ARCHOS for an extended period of time, you should turn it off completely, so that there is absolutely no battery usage. See“Power” Settings.

TV/

LCD

Press once to switch the display of the image between the built-in LCDscreen and a TV (with the optional DVR Station Gen 5, Mini Dock or BatteryDock, available at www.archos.com). See Optional Functionalities .

When the image is displayed on a TV, the TV/LCD LED indicator lights upand the built-in LCD screen turns off.

Press and hold to lock/unlock your device’s buttons/touchscreen. This canbe useful if your ARCHOS is in your pocket, for example, and you do notwant to press a button or touch the screen by accident.

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LEd INdICAToRS

405 On top of the device:

605

On the left side of the device*:

* On the high capacity ARCHOS 605, the LED indicators are located on top of the device, next to the buttons.

CHG Battery charge indicator.light on: the battery is chargingashing: the battery is fully charged

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Video display indicator:the light is on when the image of the ARCHOS is displayed on a TV (see TV/LCD button).

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CoNNECToRS

On the left side of the device:

Headphone jack: to connect headphones

Underneath the device: These connectors allow you to:

Connect your ARCHOS to a computer (see Connecting the ARCHOS to a Computer )Charge the battery of your ARCHOS (see First Time usage: Charging the Battery ).

The Docking connectors also allow you to plug one of our optional accessories (available from www.archos.com):

Connect a compatible USB device to the ARCHOS, with the optional DVR Station Gen 5, Mini dock or Battery Dock.

Record external audio/video, with the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR

Travel Adapter.See Optional Functionalities.

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605 bUILT-IN LoUdSPEAkER

On the right side of the device, below the buttons

605 LEG STANd

Your ARCHOS is equipped with a leg stand, located on the back of the device.

Carefully pull it out, and it will allow your ARCHOS to stand by itself on a at,stable surface.

MEMoRy CARd SLoT

(depending on model)

The memory card slot, located on top of the device, on the rightside, allows you to insert one of the following cards (which arenot supplied):

SD

MMC

Mini and micro SD (with adapter)

RS MMC (with adapter)

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To learn how to browse the contents of your card , see: Browsing Throughyour Videos, Browsing Through your Music Files, Browsing Through your Photos or Using the File Browser .

fIrsT TIMe usage: ChargIng The baTTery

Before using your ARCHOS for the rst time, completely charge its battery. The bat-tery of your ARCHOS charges via your computer’s USB port:

Plug the ARCHOS USB cable into your ARCHOS (which is off).

Plug the USB end of the cable into your computer (which is turned on).

The ARCHOS will turn on and start charging:

A lightning bolt symbol will ash over the battery icon in the task bar whilethe battery is charging: .The CHG indicator LED is on while the battery is charging. It will blink whenthe battery is fully charged.

You can also charge your ARCHOS device without a computer, and more rap- idly, via the optional DVR Station Gen 5, Mini Dock or Battery Dock (availableat www.archos.com). See Optional Functionalities.

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Press and hold the button to turn your ARCHOS on/off. See ARCHOS Description.The LED indicator, next to the button, lights up when the device is on.

usIng The arChOs InTerfaCe

INTERfACE dESCRIPTIoN

Status barIn the top right corner of the screen, the statusbar indicates the volume, the battery level andthe current time of your device.

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In the top left corner of the screen, the tabs areashows other available applications and screens. Theyvary, depending on where you are in the interface.

When there is only one tab available, the Tab iconin the top left corner is grayed out.

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Cntetual Menu

In the lower right corner of the screen, the contextual menu area

shows the menu icons. The available options will vary, depending onwhere you are in the interface.

In the Home screen, choose the “Settings” menu item to accessthe main settings of your ARCHOS.

In the Home screen, the “Resume” menu item allows you to re-sume the last-played music or video le, if it was interrupted beforethe end. If the “Resume” menu icon does not appear, it means thatno music or video le playback can be resumed.

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Hme Screen

This is the main screen of your ARCHOS, showingits main functions.

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605 USING THE ToUCHSCREEN

Your ARCHOS is equipped with a touchscreen. Below is a description of themain tactile screen areas and a few tips on how to use the touchscreen.

In order to avoid damaging the screen surface, you should use only the included stylus or your ngernail.

Main Tuchscreen Actins

To open an application/screen via its icon or item, tap on the icon/item to high-light it, and tap on it again.

In the different applications, you can go back one level in the hierarchy by tappingon the Exit icon (in the top right corner of the screen). Wherever you are in thehierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screen by tapping and holdingthe Exit icon. When several tabs are available, you can switch between them by tapping on theTab icon (in the top left corner of the screen). You can also tap directly on oneof the tabs to access the corresponding screen.

To execute a menu item’s function, simply tap on its icon. In order to display atext description of the icon, tap on the m word.

While playing a video or song, you can pause/resume it by tapping on the Pause

/ Play icon.

other Tuchscreen Actins

When watching a video or listening to music, you can tap on the progres-sion bar to go directly to a different location in the video or song. You canalso use the stylus to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another loca-tion in the video or song.

In the screens where it appears, the volume bar can be dragged in the same way.

In the different browsers (File, Music, Video, Photo), you can drag the scrollbar up and down to scroll the le list up and down. You can also scroll faster by tapping above or below the cursor in the scroll bar.

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In the Web browser and the PDF viewer, you can scroll up and down by tappingon the page and dragging it up or down (be careful however not to tap on a link!).

USING THE bUTToNS

The navigation buttons are located on the right side of the device:

Exit button (Escape / Back / Stop)

Ok button (Enter/Accept or Play/Pause/Resume)

Up Accelerator button (high-speed fast forward, list scrolling or zoom in)

Navigation buttons (move from an item to another)

Down Accelerator button (high-speed fast rewind, list scrolling or zoom out)

Tab button (tab between available screens)

Menu button (display a text description of the available menu icons)

Volume button (increase/decrease volume)

Main buttn Actins:

To open an application/screen via its icon or item, use the Navigation buttons tohighlight the icon/item and press Ok.

In the different applications, you can go back one level in the hierarchy by press-ing the Exit button once. Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back

directly to the Home screen by holding the Exit button. When several tabs are available, you can switch between them by pressing theTab button .

To execute a menu icon’s function, press the m button, select a menu itemwith the navigation pad, and press Ok.

While playing a video, song or photo slideshow, you can pause/resume it bypressing Ok.

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other buttn Actins

When watching a video or listening to music, you can hold the left/rightNavigation buttons to move the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video or song.

To increase/decrease volume, use the Volume button .In the different browsers (File, Music, Video, Photo), you can hold the up/down Navigation buttons to scroll the le list up and down. You can alsoscroll faster by using the Accelerator buttons.

In the Web browser (depending on model) and the PDF viewer, you canscroll up and down by holding the up/down Navigation buttons.

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ChangIng The language

The interface of your ARCHOS is available in various languages.

If your language is not available, go to the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com/rmware) and download and install the latest versionof the rmware. New languages are included in the rmware as theybecome available. See Updating the Firmware .

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To change the system’s language:In the Home screen, select the “Settings” menu item, and choose “Language(and Region)”.

Select a different language usingthe left/right arrows (your settingsare saved instantly).

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Close the screen to exit and go back to the Home screen.

PrOduCT Care

Your ARCHOS is an electronic product that needs to be treated with care:

Do not subject it to unnecessary shock or vibration.

Do not subject it to heat, keep it ventilated (especially when connected to a computer).

Keep it away from water and excessively humid areas.

Keep it away from high electromagnetic elds.

Do not open it up. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty.

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MANUAL V2.0GEN 5 PLAyING VIdEo > P. 11

1. PlayIng VIdeO

In the Home screen, select the “Video” icon to enter the Video mode.

1.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs

The “Video” browser allows you to navigate through the Video folder of theARCHOS’ hard drive.

You can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current screen .Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screen

by pressing and holding the Exit icon/button.

THE VIdEo bRoWSER

The rst screen of the Video modeshows you all the videos and sub-folders located in the Video folder.

To play a video, highlight it, then

open it.If a video is in a subfolder of theVideo folder, open the subfolder, and you will see your video.

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In the “Video” browser, each video le appears with a thumbnail, displayed on the left of the le’s name.

To dene a new thumbnail for a video le, open the video, select the “S et” menu item, and choose “Thumbnail” (see: Video Playback Menu Items ).

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bRoWSING THRoUGH yoUR MEMoRy CARd’S VIdEoS

(Depending on model)

If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS (see: Memory Card Slot ),

select the line “SD/MMC card”, in the rst screen of the “Video” Browser.You can now browse the contents of your card and play your videos (if your cardcontains any). In the Video browser, only video les and folders will appear.

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VIdEo bRoWSER MENU ITEMS

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“File Management”“Rename”: allows you to change the name of the highlighted video le usingthe virtual keyboard. See: Using the Virtual Keyboard .“Delete”: allows you to delete the highlighted video le. A conrmationscreen will pop up.

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“Resume”: will resume playing the highlighted video from the bookmark.

“Clear ”: will remove the bookmark from the highlighted video le.

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“Settings”

you can choose to display the Video Player settings screen (see: Video Player Settings ) or the “Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound” Settings ).

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To play a video, highlight the le and open it. The menu overlay will disappear auto-matically after a few seconds.

VIdEo PLAybACk SCREEN

1. Exit icon

2. video le name

3. Tab icon

4. volume level

5. play / pause icon

6. video progression bar

7. menu items

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To pause/resume the video, tap on the Pause / Play icon (see n° 5 in theprevious screen).

To display the menu overlay again, tap once anywhere on the screen. To make it

disappear again, wait for a few seconds or tap on the Tab icon , in the top leftcorner (see n° 3).

You can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the vid-eo. You can also use the stylus to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video (see n° 6).

The volume bar can be dragged in the same way (see n° 4).To execute a menu item’s function, simply tap on its icon. In order to display atext description of the icon, tap on the m word (see n° 7).

To stop the video and go back to the “Video” browser, tap on the Exit icon(see n° 1). To exit the Video mode and go back directly to the Home screen, tapand hold the Exit icon.

VIdEo PLAybACk bUTToN CoNTRoLS

press once: stop the video and go back to the“Video” browser

hold: exit the Video mode and go back directly tothe Home screen.

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accelerated fast forward

left/right: fast rewind/forward

accelerated fast rewind

display/hide the menu overlay

display available menu items

increase/decrease volume

VIdEo PLAybACk MENU ITEMS

“Info”

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“Soundtrack” and/or “Subtitles”

allows you to select a different audio track (only if the video le contains sev-eral audio tracks).

allows you to choose subtitles (only if the video le includes subtitles).

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several audio tracks.

“Format”

allows you to change the way the image is displayed.

“Auto”: adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen (or TV, with the op-tional DVR Station Gen 5, Mini Dock or Battery Dock: see Optional Functionalities ).

“Full Screen”: enlarges the picture to ll the screen. In order to t theARCHOS’ screen, your device might need to cut small parts of the image,

most likely at the top and bottom.“Maximized”: enlarges the picture to ll the screen, considering the image isencoded in 2.35 format with black bands at the top and bottom.“Original”: displays the entire picture in its original format.

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will play the current video in slow motion or high speed.while paused in slow motion, you can advance frame by frame, using the right

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“Bookmark”: sets a bookmark at the current spot in the video. Only onebookmark per le is allowed. You can bookmark up to 32 les. Bookmarkedvideos will appear, in the “Video” browser, with a bookmark symbol and aprogression bar.to resume playing a video from a bookmark, go to the “Video” browser andhighlight the bookmarked video le. Select the “Bookmark” menu item, then

choose “Resume” (“Clear ” will remove the bookmark from the video).“Thumbnail”: saves the current image as a new thumbnail for this le. In the“Video” browser, the video’s thumbnail will be replaced by the new one.

“Wallpaper ”: the current image will be dened as your device’s backgroundimage.

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1.3 VIdeO Player seTTIngs

In the Video mode, you can access the Video Player settings screen by using the“Settings” menu item .

Use the left/right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter.

“PlayMode”, “Repeat & Shufe”

the following table explains how the video player will work according to the set-tings you chose in “PlayMode” AND “Repeat & Shufe”.

“PlayMode”

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here you can enable/disable the video thumbnails while browsing through your PC’s shared videos (see: Playing your PC’s Shared Media Files ). If you choose“Disabled”, you will be able to browse through your PC’s shared videos faster.

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“LCD Backlight”, “Brightness”, “Contrast” and “Gamma”adjusts the level of backlight/contrast/brightness/gamma of the built-in screen.

you can also reset the LCD parameters to the default values (“Reset” button).

1.4 PuTTIng VIdeOs OnTO yOur arChOs

605On the ARCHOS Content Portal, you have the possibility to purchasevideos directly from your AR CHOS, without using a computer. See:The ARCHOS Content Portal.

There are two main methods to transfer the videos stored on your computer onto theARCHOS:

Windows Media® Player: copy your videos using Windows Media®

Player 10 or higher*:

Use Windows Media® Player 10 or higher* (Sync tab) to synchronize your computer’s video les with the ARCHOS.See Putting Files onto the ARCHOS to learn more about how to transfer your computer’s video les with Windows Media® Player.

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Windows® Explorer : Copy and paste your video les from your computer into theVideo folder of your ARCHOS.

To learn how to connect/disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer, see theTransferring Files section.

CREATING CoMPATIbLE VIdEo fILES WITH yoUR CoMPUTER

If some of your videos don’t play on your ARCHOS, you may need to transcode themto a compatible format:

The easiest way to do this is by using Windows Media® Player 10 or higher totransfer videos to your ARCHOS. Windows Media® Player will automatically con-vert most formats to the WMV format that your device can play.See your Windows Media® Player help instructions for more information.

If you don’t want to use Windows Media® Player, a search on the Internet shouldallow you to nd suitable utility programs to do this job.

If you would like to simply copy and paste unprotected DVD video les from your PC onto your ARCHOS without converting them to WMV format, you can

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purchase the Cinema plug-in from the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com). Thesame is also true for video podcasts in the H.264 format. In this case, purchasethe Video Podcast plug-in.

1.5 reCOrdIng VIdeO

With the optional DVR Station Gen 5, DVR Travel Adapter, or Helmet CamCorder (available at www.archos.com), your ARCHOSwill be able to record video from most any standard video source.

See: Optional Functionalities .

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(EPG).See the manual of your DVR Station Gen 5 to learn more about thisfeature.

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When connected to your home WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to watch, directly on your device, shared videosstored in your PC’s Windows Media® Library.

For this to work, you will need a WiFi connection and WindowsMedia® Player 11 or higher* installed on your PC.

The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-play) standard tostream shared videos from your PC’s Windows Media® Library.

See: Playing your PC’s Shared Media Files .

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2. PlayIng MusIC

In the Home screen, select the “Music” icon to enter the Music mode.

2.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur MusIC fIles

There are two types of views for you to browse through your songs: the MusicLibrary and the Music Browser.

In both views, you can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the currentscreen . Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to theHome screen by pressing and holding the Exit icon/button.

THE MUSIC LIbRARy

The Music Library (default view)shows your music sorted by cat-egories (Artist, Album, Genre, etc.) if your music les contain these song

information tags.When new music is copied to theARCHOS, the Music Library will beupdated automatically.

If some of your music les do notcontain information tags, they willbe classied as (Unknown) in theMusic Library.

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The music browser allows you tonavigate through the Music folder of your device’s hard drive.

To use it, select “Browse HardDrive” in the initial Music Libraryview.

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If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS (see: Memory Card Slot ),select the line “SD/MMC card”, in the initial Music Library view.

You can now browse the contents of your card and play your songs (if your cardcontains any). In Music mode, only music les, playlists and folders will appear.

When you insert a memory card, its contents (songs and playlists) are automatically integrated into the Music library.

MUSIC LIbRARy ANd MUSIC bRoWSER MENU ITEMS*

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“Resume”: will resume playing the highlighted song from the bookmark.“Clear ”: will remove the bookmark from the highlighted music le.

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“File Management”

“Rename”: allows you to change the name of the highlighted music le using

the virtual keyboard. See: Using the Virtual Keyboard .“Delete”: allows you to delete the highlighted music le. A conrmationscreen will pop up.

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you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen (see: Music Player Settings ) or the “Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound” Settings ).

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Use the scroll bar to browse through the list of audio tracks.

To play a song, highlight the corresponding le and open it.

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1. Exit icon

2. artist name, albumtitle, song title, play-back status icon(s)and track number

3. available tabs

4. volume level

5. play / pause icon

6. previous track

7. next track

8. progression bar

9. menu items

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To pause/resume the song, tap on the Pause / Play icon (see n° 5 above).

To play the previous/next song, tap in the corresponding area (n° 6 or 7).

To browse through your songs while listening to music, simply tap on the Tab icon. This will take you to the Music Library or browser screen that you launched

the current song from (see n° 3).You can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in thesong. You can also drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location inthe song (see n° 8).

The volume bar can be dragged in the same way (see n° 4).

To execute a menu item’s function, simply tap on its icon. In order to display atext description of the icon, tap on the m word (see n° 9).

To stop the song and go back to the Music Library or browser, tap on the Exit icon(see n° 1). To exit the Music mode and go back directly to the Home screen, tap

and hold the Exit icon.

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press once: stop the song and go back to the“Music” Library or browser hold: exit the Music mode and go back directly tothe Home screen.

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accelerated fast forward

left:press once: back to the beginning of the song, or previous song (in the rst 10 seconds of a track)hold: fast rewind

right:press once: next songhold: fast forward

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tabs back to the Music Library or Music browser (de-pending on which mode you launched the song from)

display available menu itemsincrease/decrease volume

MUSIC PLAybACk MENU ITEMS

“Info”

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“ARCHOS home screen”

allows you to go back to the Home screen, and browse your hard drive or view your photos while listening to music.

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sets a bookmark at the current spot in the song. Only one bookmark per le is

allowed. You can bookmark up to 32 les.to resume playing a song from a bookmark, go to the Music Library or the MusicBrowser, highlight the bookmarked music le. Select the “Bookmark” menuitem, then choose “Resume” (“Clear ” will remove the bookmark from the song).

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In the Music mode, you can access the Music Player settings screen by using the“Settings” menu item .


“PlayMode”, “Repeat & Shufe”the following table explains how the audio player will work according to the set-tings you chose in “PlayMode” AND “Repeat & Shufe”.An icon shows the current modes in the Music playback screen.

“PlayMode”“Repeat &Shufe”

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“Folder ” “Normal” plays all the songs of the current folder oneafter the other, and then stops.

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A playlist is a list of audio tracks that the music player will automaticallyplay one after the other.On your ARCHOS, you can play, create and edit as many playlists as you want.In the ARCHOS Browser, playlists are the les with the icon.

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PLAyING A PLAyLIST

In the Music Library, highlight the“Playlist” line and open it.

Highlight a playlist and open it. A

panel showing the contents of theplaylist will open on the right.

Open the rst item in the playlist tostart playing from the rst track.

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These menu items appear when a music le is highlighted on the left panel:

“Add to playlist”

“Selected le”: will add the highlighted track at the end of the current playlist.“All les”: will add all the tracks (from the left panel) at the end of the currentplaylist.

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“Selected le”: will insert the highlighted track before the selected item inthe current playlist.“All les”: will add all the tracks (from the left panel) before the selecteditem the current playlist.

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“Track”

“Remove track”: deletes the highlighted track from the playlist.

“Move”: allows you to change the position of the highlighted track within theplaylist. Highlight the track you want to move, select the “Track” menu item,then choose “Move”. Now highlight the position to which you want to movethe track and validate.

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you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen (see Music Player Settings ) or the “Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound” Settings ).

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While you are in the Music browser, select the “Show playlist” menu item. Aplaylist panel will open on the right. By default, the new playlist contains the

same songs as the last opened playlist. You can now start modifying the playlist.In the left panel, locate the songs you would like to add to your playlist. Highlighta song and open it to add it to the playlist. Repeat this operation with all thetracks you want.

To add all the songs of a folder to a playlist: open the folder in the left panel and highlight the rst song. Then use the “Add to playlist” or “Insert in playl - ist” menu item and choose “All les”.

When you are satised with your new playlist, select the “Save playlist” menuitem, and then choose “Save as”.

Enter the name of your new playlist with the virtual keyboard (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard ) and select “OK”.

Use the tabs to jump back and forth between the left and right panels.

EdITING A PLAyLIST

To edit an existing playlist:

In the Music Library, highlight the “Playlist” line and open it.

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Highlight the playlist you want to modify and open it. A panel showing the con-tents of the playlist will open on the right.

You can now add, shufe, move or remove tracks within the playlist, using theappropriate menu items. The available menu items will vary according to whichpanel you selected (see: Playlist Menu Items ).

After you have made the changes you want, select the “Save playlist

” menu itemand choose “Save” to save the playlist. If you wish to give it a different name,choose “Save As”.

AddING SoNGS To A PLAyLIST WHILE LISTENING To MUSIC

While playing a song, use the tab button/icon to go back to the Music Library or Music Browser, and select the “Show playlist” menu item.

Your window will then have two panels: the music les on the left and the last-opened playlist on the right.

While listening to your song, you can edit the last-opened playlist.

Close the playlist editor to return to the playback screen.

Please note: this can only be done if you have entered the “Music” folder viathe “Music” icon in the Home screen and not via the “Files” icon.

2.5 PuTTIng MusIC OnTO yOur arChOs

There are two main methods to transfer the music stored on your computer onto theARCHOS:

Windows Media® Player: copy your music using Windows Media® Player 10 or higher*:

Use Windows Media® Player 10 or higher* (Sync tab) to synchronize your computer’s music les with the ARCHOS.See Putting Files onto the ARCHOS to learn more about how to transfer your computer’s music les with Windows Media® Player.

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TRANSfERRING yoUR Cd CoLLECTIoN To yoUR ARCHoS

You can easily create audio content with your computer by using Windows Media®Player 10 or higher to convert your own CDs to MP3 or WMA format:

Place a music CD in your computer, and

Windows® will ask you what action you wouldlike to perform.

Choose Rip music from CD, and WindowsMedia® Player will start ripping the CD. Thesongs will be automatically extracted from theCD and encoded into the MP3 or WMA for-mat, according to what you chose in WindowsMedia® Player’s ripping options. The defaultformat is WMA.

Once this is done, the album will become partof your Music Library.

See Transferring Files to learn how to transfer the ripped music les onto the ARCHOS.

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Some music CDs have a special copy protection system that will not allow Windows Media® Player to make music les from them.

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With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR Travel Adapter (avail-able at www.archos.com), your ARCHOS will be able to record audiofrom most any standard line level analogue audio source.

See: Optional Functionalities .

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605 2.7 PlayIng yOur PC’s shared MusIC

When connected to your home WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to play, directly on your device, shared musicstored in your PC’s Windows Media® Library.


The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-play) standard tostream shared music from your PC’s Windows Media® Library.

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MANUAL V2.0GEN 5 VIEWING PHoToS > P. 29

3. VIewIng PhOTOs

In the Home screen, select the “Photo” icon to enter the Photo viewer.

3.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur PhOTOs

The “Photo” browser allows you to navigate through the Pictures folder of theARCHOS’ hard drive.

You can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current screen .

Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screenby pressing and holding the Exit icon/button.

THE PHoTo bRoWSER

The rst screen of the Photo modeshows all the photos and subfolderslocated in the Pictures folder.

To view a photo, highlight itsthumbnail, then open it. If a photo isin a subfolder of the Pictures folder,open the subfolder, and you will see your photo.

The Photo Browser also allows youto view your pictures, sorted bydate.

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If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS (see: Memory Card Slot ),select the line “SD/MMC card”, in the rst screen of the Photo mode.

You can now browse the contents of your card and view your photos (if your cardcontains any). In Photo mode, only picture les and folders will appear.

When you insert a memory card, its contents (pictures) are automatically integrated into the Photo library (“All by date” and Browse by date” views).

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3.2 PhOTO VIewer

To view a picture, highlight the corresponding thumbnail and open it. The menu over-lay will disappear automatically after a few seconds.

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To display the menu overlay again, tap once anywhere on the screen. To make it dis-appear again, wait for a few seconds or tap on the Tab icon , in the top left corner.

To display the next picture, drag the stylus (anywhere on the screen) from left to

right. Drag from right to left to go back one picture.To rotate the picture 90° counterclockwise, drag the stylus (anywhere on thescreen) from bottom to top. To rotate the picture 90° clockwise, drag from top tobottom.


To close the picture and go back to the “Photo” browser, tap on . To exit thePhoto mode and go back directly to the Home screen, tap and hold the Exit icon.

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press once: close the photo viewer and go back tothe “Photo” browser

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zoom in

left/right: previous/next picture

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In the Photo mode, you can access the Photo viewer settings screen via the“Settings” menu item .


“Picture Pause”denes the time that each picture will be displayed during a slideshow.

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“Sequence”

allows you to enable/disable the shufe mode. If this parameter is set to“Shufe”, your pictures will be displayed randomly. To disable the shufe mode,select “Normal”.

“Format”

allows you to change the way the picture is displayed.

“Original”: displays the entire picture in its original format.

“Full Screen”: enlarges the picture to ll the screen. In order to t the ARCHOS’

screen, your device might need to cut small parts of the image, most likely at thetop and bottom.

3.4 PlayIng a slIdeshOw

To view a slideshow, highlight a picture le in the “Photo” browser or while view-ing photos viewing, and choose the “Start slideshow” menu item.

While a slideshow is playing, you can pause it at any time by selecting the“Pause slideshow” menu item.

You can dene the time that each picture is displayed and the transition effectsin the “Photo” settings (see: “Photo” Settings ).

3.5 VIewIng PhOTOs whIle lIsTenIng TO MusIC

You can view photos and play slideshows while listening to music:

Choose the “ARCHOS home screen” menu item while playing a song.

In the Home screen, select the “Photo” icon to enter the Photo mode.

Browse through your photos (see: Browsing Through your Photos ) or start a slide-show as normal (see: Playing a Slideshow ).

To go back to the Music playback screen, go to the Home screen and select the“Music” icon.

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There are two main methods to transfer the pictures stored on your computer ontothe ARCHOS:

Windows Media® Player: copy your pictures using Windows Media® Player 10 or

higher*:Use Windows Media® Player 10 or higher* (Sync tab) to synchronize your computer’s pictures with the ARCHOS.See Putting Files onto the ARCHOS to learn more about how to transfer your computer’s pictures with Windows Media® Player.

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605 3.7 PlayIng yOur PC’s shared PhOTOs

When connected to your home WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to view, directly on your device, shared photosstored in your PC’s Windows Media® Library.


The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-play) standard to

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MANUAL V2.0GEN 5 USING THE fILE bRoWSER > P. 35

4. usIng The fIle brOwser

The ARCHOS File Browser gives you the possibility to navigate the le

system of your ARCHOS’ hard drive. In the Home screen, select the“Files” icon to enter the File Browser.

You will see two panels:

The one on the left is the panel that you usually use to navigate through your device’s hard drive.

The panel on the right is the one you will use when you want tocopy or move les and folders(see: Copying and Moving Files and Folders ).

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DO NOT delete or rename the original folders: “Music”, “Pictures”, “Video”,Playlists, etc. The icons on the Home screen (“Video, “Music”, “Photo”...) lead

directly to these folders and they may no longer work correctly if the foldersare deleted or renamed.

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If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS (see: Memory Card Slot ),select the line “SD/MMC card”, in the rst screen of the File browser.

You can now browse the contents of your card. In the File browser, all les andfolders will appear.

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You can drag the scroll bar up and down to scroll the le list up and down. Youcan also scroll faster by tapping above or below the cursor in the scroll bar.

To open a le or folder, tap on it to highlight it, then tap on it again.

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You can go back one level in the hierarchy by tapping on (see n° 1). Wherever

you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screen by tappingand holding the Exit icon.

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press once: go back one level in the hierarchy

hold: exit the File Browser and go back directly tothe Home screen.

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left: go back up one level in the folder hierarchy

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Note that some of the above menu items may not appear if they are not available for the highlighted le or folder.

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creates a folder at the current location. you will have to enter the folder’s name with the virtual keyboard (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard ).

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“Delete”: allows you to delete the highlighted le or folder (and all its con-tents). A conrmation screen will pop up.

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In the left panel, highlight the le/folder that you want to copy or move.

In the right panel, navigate to the location where you wish to copy the le/folder to.

Go back to the left panel, select the “Copy” menu item and then choose “Copy”,“Copy all les” or “Move”, depending on the action that you want to carry out.

4.2 usIng The VIrTual keybOardThe virtual keyboard is an interface that allows you to type in text, for instance to renamea le or folder, or when you want to give a title to a playlist that you have just created.

the virtual keyboard might vary according to your model.if a key is transparent, it means that it is disabled.

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2. Exit icon

3. Shift key 4. Alt/Alt Gr key : en-able/disable the keys’secondary functions

5. Caps Lock key

6. move cursor onecharacter to the left

7. move cursor onecharacter to the right 8. delete character be-fore cursor

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To enter a character, tap on the corresponding key.

To exit the keyboard without saving, tap on (see n° 2 in the previous screen).

When you are satised with the name, tap on the Ok key (see n° 9) to save itand exit the keyboard. A conrmation screen will pop up.

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close keyboard without saving

enters the highlighted character

same as the Shift key

jump from one key to another

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You can browse your les while listening to music:

Choose the “ARCHOS home screen” menu item while playing a song.

In the Home screen, select the “Files” icon to enter the File Browser and startbrowsing through your les.

To go back to the Music playback screen, go to the Home screen and select the“Music” icon.

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When you are connected to a Windows® network, you can browse* the sharedfolders of other computers in the network, using the ARCHOS File Browser.

From the Home screen, select the “Files” icon. In the left panel of the browser,select the rst line in the list (“Network”). Your device will connect to your WiFiaccess point and then search for other computers in the Windows® network. Youcan then choose a computer and start browsing its shared folders.

* If the computer with the shared folders normally has a Windows® usernameand password, you will be asked to enter these before you can access thefolder contents.

Using the ARCHOS double browser, you will be able to play media les or transfer anyle from a networked computer onto your device. You can also transfer les from your device onto a computer’s write-enabled shared folder (see Copying and Moving Files and Folders ).

If the WiFi is not enabled or if you are not connected to a network, the devicewill scan for available networks and connect to a known network or display

the list of available networks so that you can connect to one of them.

4.5 usIng The Pdf reader

Your ARCHOS features a PDF reader with hyperlink support.In the Browser, PDF les are displayed with the icon.To view a PDF document, highlight the PDF document in the File Browser andopen it.

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To follow a link, highlight the link (red outline) and tap again.

To display the menu overlay while viewing a PDF document, tap once in the bot-tom right corner of the screen.

To go to the next/previous page, tap on the “Next/Previous page” menu item.

To exit the PDF reader, tap on .

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Links are surrounded by a blue outline. A highlighted link (active link) is surround-ed by a red outline.

If you want to go back to the previous page (where you ‘clicked’ the link), selectthe “Link back” menu item.

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Your ARCHOS can connect to a variety of wireless networks. You will ndbelow the procedure to connect to these different WiFi networks.

5.1 wIfI COnneCTIOn PrOCedure

ENAbLING WIfI

From the Home screen, select the “Enable WiFi” menu item . Your device will scanfor available WiFi networks.

The rst time you use your device, you may get a message “No congured net-work found”. Select “View available networks”, and the list of available networkswill be displayed.

If you get the message “Could not connect to any WiFi network!”, select “Viewavailable networks”, and the list of available networks will be displayed.

Once you are connected to a WiFi network, the status bar icon (WiFi not con-nected) will become (WiFi connected). There is no status bar icon at all when WiFiis not enabled.

When you enter an appli cation that uses the WiFi (Web Browser, ARCHOS Content Portal, etc. See: The WiFi Features ), your ARCHOS will try to connect to the WiFi. If a congured network is detected, the ARCHOS will automatically connect to it and then launch the application.

THE LIST of AVAILAbLE NETWoRkS

The list of available networks showsall the wireless networks in range of your device.

The list is constantly refreshed au-tomatically.

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2. The name of the network (SSID), if it is broadcasted (if the SSID is not broad-casted, you will be prompted to enter it in the next conguration screen).

3. The strength of the signal.

4. The type of encryption key that is required:

Open network (no key) WEP key WPA key WPA2 key

5. The channel used by the network.

6.The type of network (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc). Ad-Hoc networks are not sup-ported at this time.

Select the network that you want to connect to (your home wireless network or a free hotspot).

You will be taken to the conguration screen for this network, where you willhave to enter some information to set up your access to this network.

5.2 wIfI neTwOrk COnfIguraTIOn

In order to connect to a wireless network, the ARCHOS will need some specic in-formation about the network. Your device will automatically pick up certain piecesof information that it needs from the WiFi hot spot. You can enter the rest of the in-formation manually in the network’s conguration screen, as shown in the followingsections.

Note that your device will remember the network connection information that

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Open networks do not require anauthentication key.

If the network has automatic con-guration turned on (DHCP), sim-ply tap on the “Connect” button,and your ARCHOS will connect tothis network, provided the signal isstrong enough.

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PRoTECTEd NETWoRkS (WEP, WPA oR WPA2 kEy)

Protected networks require an en-cryption key to connect.

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“Key length” (for WEP networks only)the authentication key can be 10 characters long (64bit) or 26 characters long(128bit).

“Key” (WEP or WPA)type in the authentication key. you will be taken to a virtual keyboard (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard ).

type in the key and tap on “OK” when you have nished.

“Authentication” (for WEP networks only)the network’s authentication method can be based on an “Open System (de-fault)” or a “Shared Key”.

“Conguration”

it can be “Automatic (DHCP)” or “Manual”.if it is “Automatic (DHCP)”, then you do not have to enter any more information.Simply use the “Connect” button, and your ARCHOS will connect to this network,provided the signal is strong enough.if you must congure the network manually, select the “Manual” setting. Other parameters will appear: the required information can be obtained from the person

who manages the network.When you have nished entering all the information, use the “Connect” button, and your ARCHOS will connect to this network, provided the signal is strong enough.

Filtered networks: If your network manager allows only specic devices toconnect to the network (known as MAC address ltering), you can supply thenetwork manager with the MAC address of your ARCHOS. To nd out what your MAC address is, select the “Settings” menu item from the Home screen,then choose “System”. See: “System” Settings.

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When connected to a WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to:

rent or purchase on-line videos/music via the ARCHOS ContentPortal. See: The ARCHOS Content Portal .

browse the web with the optional Web Browser plug-in, available atwww.archos.com. See next section.

play shared media les stored on other computers in your network.See: Playing your PC’s Shared Media Files .

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In order to browse the web, you will need the Web Browser plug-in, avail-able at www.archos.com. With this Internet browser, specially designedfor your ARCHOS, you will have the possibility to browse websites*, useweb-based e-mailing, download content, etc.

*supports Flash™ content and Javascript. Java virtual machine not supported.

LAUNCHING THE WEb bRoWSER

From the Home screen, select the “Web” icon.

If you are already connected to a network, the Web browser will simply open and you can start browsing the Web.

If WiFi is not enabled or if you are not connected to a network, the device willscan for available networks and connect to a known network or display the list of available networks so that you can connect to one of them.

Please note: not all wireless networks offer access to the Internet. Some WiFi net-works only link several computers together, without any Internet connection.

If the time and date are not correctly set, you might not be able to access certain web pages (See: “Clock” settings ). If you choose to set the clock automatically when the ARCHOS connect s to a WiFi network, you will need t o select your Country and City/Zone (see: “Language (and Region)” Settings ).

USING THE WEb bRoWSER

You can use the Web browser to read your Web-based e-mail, view Web sites, anddownload documents from the Internet.

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You can use your stylus to scroll the current web page horizontally or vertically. Toopen a link, simply tap on it.

To switch between the available tabs, tap on , or tap directly on the corre-sponding tab.

To display the available menu items, tap on the m word.

When several tabs are displayed, tap on to close the current one or tap andhold the icon to close the Web browser and go back directly to the Home screen.When there is only one tab, tap on to exit the Web browser.

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When several tabs are displayed: press once to close the cur-rent tab. Press and hold to close the Web browser and go back directly to the Home screen.

When there is only one tab: press once to close the Web browser.

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“Reload” / “Stop”

will stop loading the web page, if it is currently loading.will refresh the current web page, if it has stopped loading.

“Back”

will go back to the previous page that you browsed.

“Zoom”changes the way the web page is displayed. Select a zoom mode.

“Go to”

“Enter URL...”: allows you to enter the address of a Web site you’d like to visit.

Enter the address with the virtual keyboard (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard ).Select “OK” to open the website in the current window, or select “Open in newtab” to open it in a new window.

“Search...”: allows you to search an address in one of the congured searchengines. Enter the key words using the virtual keyboard (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard ). Select “OK” to open the results in the current window, or select “Openin new tab” to open them in a new window.

“Favorites”

will open the “Favorites” manager. Here you can add favorites, rename or deletethem. Select a favorite and use the “Open in new tab” menu item to open thecorresponding web page in a new window.

“Settings”

will open the “Web Browser ” settings screen. Here you can decide whether toaccept/ignore popup windows, enable/disable ash content, delete your Internethistory and cookies, etc.

Please note that some Web features requiring special plug-in software or Active X controls may not work in this special version of the Web Browser.

6.2 PlayIng yOur PC’s shared MedIa fIles

When connected to your home WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives you the possi-bility to watch, directly on your device, shared media les (videos, music or pho-

tos) stored in your PC’s Windows Media® Library.For this to work, you will need a WiFi connection and Windows Media® Player 11or higher installed on your PC*.

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The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-play) standard to stream sharedmedia les from your PC’s Windows Media® Library.

Streaming one of your PC’s shared videos and displaying it on your TV

* If you cannot install Windows Media® Player 11 or higher, it is possi ble to access and stream your PC’s les f rom the ARCHOS File Browser. See BrowsingOther Computers on the Network.

SETTING WINdoWS MEdIA® PLAyER’S SHARING oPTIoNS

Connect the ARCHOS to your WiFi network (seeConnecting to a WiFi Network ).

Connect your PC to the same WiFi network and

start Windows Media® Player, version 11 or higher.

Click on the Library tab, and select Media shar-ing...

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To modify your sharing settings, click on Settings. You can, for example, enter aname for your shared media les. You will then see this name on your ARCHOS.Click on OK to save the modications.

Click on OK to close the Media Sharing window.

You can now close Windows Media® Player, and start viewing your PC’s sharedmedia les directly on your ARCHOS (see next section).

PLAyING yoUR SHAREd MEdIA fILES oN THE ARCHoS

Your PC needs to be connected to the same WiFi network as the one the ARCHOS willconnect to. You also need to have congured Windows Media® Player’s sharing op-tions (see the previous section).

On your ARCHOS, enter the Video, Music or Photo mode.

You will notice that the rst item in the list is the shared media les: “NetworkMedia Libraries (UPnP)”. Open this item to start scanning for devices and com-puters sharing their media les on the WiFi network.

If you entered a name for your shared media les in Windows Media® Player, itshould appear. Open it, and you will see all your shared videos, songs or photos.

If you are in the Video mode, you will then have access to allthe videos stored in your PC’sWindows Media® Library.

In the same way, the Music andPhoto modes will allow youto access all the music/photosstored in your PC’s WindowsMedia® Library.

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The ARCHOS Content Portal is an on-line store that regroups severalvideo and music partners. This portal will allow you to purchase or rent videos and songs, directly on your ARCHOS, without even usinga computer.

Or, if your ARCHOS is connected to the optional DVR Station Gen 5 you will be able to select your internet media content directly from your television.

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com/register).Make sure you have congured your ARCHOS on a WiFi network (see:Connecting to a WiFi Network ).

Select the ARCHOS “Content Portal”icon to view available on-line mediastores and purchase videos or songs.

You can also visit the ARCHOS on-linestore to purchase accessories.

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7. TransferrIng fIles

7.1 COnneCTIng The arChOs TO a COMPuTer

Turn on your ARCHOS.

Plug the ARCHOS USB cable into the ARCHOS.

Plug the USB end of the cable into your computer.

The ARCHOS will ask you if you want to connect it or charge its battery. Chooseto connect it.

The ARCHOS’ icon will appear on your computer. You can now start transferringles to it.

7.2 PuTTIng fIles OnTO The arChOs

There are two main methods to transfer your les onto the ARCHOS:

Copy your media les (videos, music, photos) with Windows Media® Player 10 or higher*:


The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player is a one way ‘sync’ button. It will add video, music and photo les to your ARCHOS. If will give you the possibility to have the same digital media on your ARCHOS as you have in your Windows Media® Player medialibrary.

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On your computer, start Windows Media® Player.

Select the Sync tab.

Choose the media les you want to transfer.

Click on the Start Sync button.

The selected videos, songs or photos will be copied directly into thecorresponding Video, Music or Pictures folder of the ARCHOS.

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You cannot copy les larger that 2 GB to the ARCHOS due to the FAT32 lesystem constraints. For advanced users: in “PC Hard Drive” connectionmodes (mode 2 and 3), the maximum size is 2 GB for .AVI les and 4 GB for any other type of le. See: “System” Settings.

7.3 dIsCOnneCTIng

When you disconnect the ARCHOS from a computer, your device automati-

cally updates the ARCLibrary, so that the media les you just copied appear inthe Music and Photo Libraries.

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Verify that no data are being transferred between your ARCHOS and your com-puter (the HDD indicator on your ARCHOS is not ickering).

Now unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS and/or computer.

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DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE CABLE AT ANY TIME! You must remove/unmount theARCHOS from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of dataor freezing.

Once all your transfers are nished, click on the ‘safelyremove’ icon in the system tray, next to the clock.

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You must remove/unmount the ARCHOS from thecomputer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid

loss of data or freezing.On your desktop, drag the ARCHOS’ icon towardsthe trashcan, which will turn into a big eject sym-bol.

Drop the icon onto this eject symbol: the ARCHOS’hard drive will disappear from the desktop.

You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS and/or computer.

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You must remove/unmount the ARCHOS fromthe computer before disconnecting the USBcable to avoid loss of data or freezing.

On your computer, right-click on the ARCHOS icon and select Safely Remove.

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8. MaIn seTTIngs

In the Home screen, select the “Settings” menu item and choose a setting.

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Tap on the “Settings” menu item, and choose a setting to open its corre-sponding screen.

Once you are in a settings screen:tap on a parameter to highlight it.tap on the left/arrows to select a different setting.

when you have nished adjusting your settings, tap on to save them andgo back to the Home screen.When it is possible, drag the scroll bar up and down to scroll the screen upand down.

USING THE bUTToNS

To open a settings screen, press the m button, use the navigation pad tohighlight the “Settings” menu item, and press Ok.

Once you are in a settings screen:use the up/down navigation buttons to highlight a parameter.use the left/right navigation buttons to select a different setting.when you have nished adjusting your settings, press the Exit button tosave them and go back to the Home screen.When it is possible, use the up/down navigation buttons to scroll the screenup and down.

8.1 “sOund” seTTIngs

This screen allows you to adjust thesound settings of your ARCHOS to your personal taste.

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“ON” / “OFF”: the built-in speaker remains on or off regardless if headphones areattached.

“Automatic”: the built-in speaker automatically turns off when you plug in head-phones or connect your ARCHOS to the optional DVR Station Gen 5.

“Audio Output”denes whether the audio signal is sent out via the “Analog Line-Out” or the“SPDIF” interface when connected to a DVR Station Gen 5.

“Bass Boost Level”adjusts the bass boosting level.

“Preset”allows you to quickly select a sound prole.

“Set Equalizer”allows you to use a custom sound prole. Select this option to enter the equalizer screen (see next section).

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allows you to balance the sound between the left and right stereo channels.“Reset”

resets the sound parameters to the default values.

“EqUALIzER” SCREEN

Your ARCHOS features a 5-band

equalizer.Select a band (Bass, Mid. bass, Mid.range, Mid. treble or Treble), thenuse the up/down arrows to changethe gain level for these frequencyranges.

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“LCD Backlight”adjusts the level of backlight of the built-in screen.

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If the touchscreen is not responding properly, use this button and follow the in-structions on the screen.

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If you nd that the LCD screen ickers, use this button to access the “LCD stabil-ity” screen.Press the left/right navigation buttons until the screen stops ickering.

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“TV Standard”

choose between the “NTSC (USA)” and “PAL (Europe)” systems (select the onethat is compatible with your country’s television system).

“TV Format”“4:3” or “16:9” - the format used by your television set to display images.

the option “Wide screen” becomes available when you set the “TV standard”parameter to “PAL (Europe)”.

“TV Connection”when your ARCHOS is connected to the optional DVR Station Gen 5 (availableat www.archos.com), select the type of video output (“Composite”, “S-Video” or

“RGB”), based on how you have connected the DVR Station Gen 5 to your TV.

8.3 “aPPearanCe” seTTIngs

“Picture name”allows you to select a picture to use as a wallpaper image. Select “None” if you donot want any background image. you can choose between all default backgrounds or the images that you havepreviously set as wallpapers.

you can also set a picture as wallpaper from the Photo and Video modes.

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8.4 “language (and regIOn)” seTTIngs

“Language”choose a language.visit www.archos.com to check the availability of other languages. New lan-guages are included in the rmware as they become available. See Updating the Firmware .

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if your clock is set to “Automatic” (see “Clock” Settings ), select your “Country”,and “City/Zone”.

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this is congured automatically according to how you set your location.

8.5 “TV COnTrOl” seTTIngs

This is where you can set the DVR Station’s IR emitter to communicate with your tuner. This will allow you to schedule recordings easily via the ARCHOS TVProgram Guide (EPG).

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If you use the optional DVR Station Gen 5 to schedule video recordings on

your TV system, make sure that the time and date are set correctly!

“Time Format”choose between 12h or 24h mode.

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“Automatic”: select this parameter if you want to set the clock automatically

when your ARCHOS is connected to a WiFi network. You will need to select your location in the “Language (and Region)” settings screen (see: “Language (and Region)” Settings ).

“Manual”: select this parameter to set the current date & time manually. The fol-lowing parameters will appear: “Hour ”, “Minute”, “ Year ”, “Month” and “Day”.

605 “Synchronize now”

if the “Time setting” parameter is set to “Automatic”, use this button to set the

clock automatically via a WiFi network.for this to work, the ARCHOS needs to be connected to a WiFi network.

ATTENTION: If the time & date are not correctly set, you might not be able toaccess certain web pages.

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These settings will help you savebattery power, thus allowing a lon-ger battery autonomy.

You can adjust settings for bothbattery operation and power sup-ply operation (when the ARCHOSis connected to a powered DVRStation Gen 5, Mini Dock or Battery Dock).

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values. In battery operation, it is advised to set these parameters to lower values in order to save power.

“Device Full Power Off”

If you do not plan on using the ARCHOS for an extended period of time, use thisbutton to completely turn off your device, so that there is absolutely no batteryusage*.

* Remember that when you turn off the ARCHOS using the button, your device will keep using a small amount of battery power to allow a quick start up.

“bATTERy oPERATIoN”

“Power Off”

the amount of time of user inactivity before the device shuts off.the device will not shut down during a slideshow, audio/video playback, audio/video recording, or USB connection.

“Backlight Off”the amount of time of user inactivity before the LCD display turns off.the display will not turn off while a video or slideshow is playing, or when you arebrowsing the web.

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“normal power off ”: while browsing the web, the ARCHOS will shut down accord-ing to the setting selected for the “Power Off ” parameter.“prevents power off ”: while browsing the web, the ARCHOS will not shut off au-tomatically from user inactivity.

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“Standby”the amount of time of user inactivity before the ARCHOS goes into Standby mode.

the system will not go into Standby mode during a slideshow, audio/video play-back, audio/video recording, or USB connection.

“Backlight Off”the amount of time of user inactivity before the LCD display turns off.the display will not turn off while a video or slideshow is playing.

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“normal power off ”: while browsing the web, the ARCHOS will go into Standby

mode according to the setting selected for the “Standby” parameter.“prevents power off ”: while browsing the web, the system will never go intoStandby mode.

8.8 “fIrMware and Plug-Ins” seTTIngs

“Firmware Ver.”displays the current version of the rmware and Digital Rights Management(DRM) system.

“Plug-ins”displays the current plug-ins installed on your device.

“Product Key”each ARCHOS has a unique number.

you will need this number to register your product online (www.archos.com/register).

“Firmware Update”use this button to update the rmware manually (see: Updating the Firmware )

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use this button to search for an online update via a WiFi network. If there is oneavailable, it will be installed automatically. See Updating the Firmware to learn more.

8.9 uPdaTIng The fIrMware

The rmware is the operating system (OS) of your ARCHOS. It is periodically updatedto bring new features, improvements and bug xes. There are two main ways to up-date your product’s rmware:

Directly on your ARCHOS if your device can connect to a WiFi network.

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This is the easiest way to update the rmware. For this to work, you only need an ac-cess a WiFi network. See Connecting to a WiFi Network .

From to the Home screen, select the “Settings” menu item, and choose“Firmware and Plug-ins”.

Use the “Online Firmware Update” button.

The ARCHOS will connect to the WiFi and search on-line for a new rmware. If there is one available, it will start downloading, and it will be installed automati-cally.

UPdATE USING A CoMPUTER (INTERNET CoNNECTIoN NEEdEd)

If you do not have access to a WiFi network, or if your ARCHOS is not WiFi-enabled, you can also update the rmware using a computer connected to the internet:

On your PC, go to www.archos.com/rmware.

Search for the latest rmware available for your ARCHOS.

Compare the latest on-line version with the one installed on your ARCHOS: your ARCHOS’ rmware version number appears in the “Firmware and Plug-ins” set-tings screen (see: “Firmware and Plug-ins” Settings ).

If the on-line version is more recent than yours, follow the instructions to down-load and install the new rmware.

Your Internet browser may warn you that the contents of the rmware lecould harm your computer. ARCHOS has taken precautions to insure that thisle will not harm your computer.

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“Free Storage Space”

displays the amount of free space on the hard drive.

Note: reported number of megabytes is binary-based counting (1Kb=1024bytes). Thus each reported Mb represents approximately 1.05 megabytes(decimal), and each reported Gb represents approximately 1.07 gigabytes.Formatting also takes up space.

“USB preference” (for advanced users)Your preferred connection mode will be used every time you connect the

ARCHOS to a computer. The connection mode determines how your device inter-acts with your computer:Mode 1: “Windows Media Device”: Recommended for users of Windows® XP or higher & WMP10 or higher. When set to this mode, the ARCHOS uses the MediaTransfer Protocol (MTP). The ARCHOS will ask you if you want to charge it or con-nect it: choose to connect it. When connected to your computer, your ARCHOSwill be locked. You will be able to synchronize your media library automaticallyevery time you connect your ARCHOS to your computer (with WMP10 or higher).When your le transfer is over, simply unplug the cable from the ARCHOS, and

your device will update the ARCLibrary (Music/Photo libraries).Mode 2: “PC Hard Drive”: Recommended for users of Windows® XP with WindowsMedia® Player 9, Windows® 2000, Me, Mac® OS X or Linux. The ARCHOS will ask

you if you want to charge it or connect it as a mass storage device (Hard Drive).Choose to connect it as a mass storage device (external hard drive). When connectedto your computer, your ARCHOS will be locked. Disconnection: when the le transfer is over, safely unmount the ARCHOS (See: Disconnecting ) and your device will do aquick ARCLibrary update (Music/Photo libraries). May not index all les.Mode 3: “PC Hard Drive (auto-ARCLib)”: Same as mode 2, but with a full

ARCLibrary update (Music/Photo libraries) at disconnection.

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“Product Key”each ARCHOS has a unique number.

you will need this number to register your product online (www.archos.com/register).

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some WiFi networks lter MAC addresses. You might need to communicate thisaddress to the person who manages the network.

“Repair and Formatting Tools”

use this button to access the “Repair and Formatting Tools” settings screen. This

screen allows you to do the following actions:“Clear temporary system les and cache” (does not erase any data)

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“Full Reinitialization” (erase all data, media les, licenses and settings)

In the event t hat your ARCHO S freezes or does not respond anymore, try toreset it (see: Troubleshooting ).

If this does not work or if you cannot access the Repair and Formatting Tools,you can try a system recovery (see: Troubleshooting ).

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9. OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes

9.1 arChOs aCCessOrIes

dVR STATIoN GEN 5

When connected to your ARCHOS and to your home enter-tainment system, the DVR Station Gen 5 will allow you to:

schedule TV recordings easily via the ARCHOS TV ProgramGuide (EPG) (available for most countries).

record video directly to your ARCHOS, from your cable box, sat-ellite receiver, digital tuner, or most any standard video source.

connect a compatible USB device to your ARCHOS (Massstorage or PTP).

play video back to your TV.

charge your ARCHOS.

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When connected to your ARCHOS, the DVR Travel Adapter willallow you to:

record audio/video, directly on your ARCHOS, from mostany standard audio/video source.

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When connected to your ARCHOS, the Mini Dock will allow you to:display the image of the ARCHOS on your TV.

connect a compatible USB device to your ARCHOS (Massstorage or PTP).

charge your ARCHOS.

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HELMET CAMCoRdER

High resolution Mini-Cam with remote control and microphone.

9.2 arChOs Plug-Ins

CINEMA PLUG-IN

To allow you to play MPEG-2 (.VOB) video les without any re-en-

coding (type of le found on DVDs). Also allows playback of AC3audio format.

VIdEo PodCAST PLUG-IN

To allow you to play H.264 video les without any special re-encod-ing (type of le often used for video podcasts). Also allows playback

of AAC music les (non-protected).

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A specially designed Internet browser for your ARCHOS that willallow you to surf the web on your ARCHOS. Supports websiteswith Flash™.

9.3 sChedulIng a TV reCOrdIng

With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 connected to your home tuner (cable box, satellite receiver, digital tuner or VCR), you will be able toschedule recordings easily via the ARCHOS TV Program Guide (EPG).

In the Home screen, select the “Recorder ” icon to display the ARCHOS TVProgram Guide (EPG).

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The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5 will tell you more about how to setup and use the TV Program Guide.

9.4 reCOrdIng exTernal VIdeO Manually

With the optional DVR Station Gen 5, DVR Travel Adapter or HelmetCamCorder, you will be able to record video from most any standardvideo source:

In the Home screen, select the “Recorder ” icon and use the tabs to access the“Video recorder ” mode.

This screen will allow you to adjust the recording sound volume (left/right ar-rows), or change various settings (scheduling and video parameters).

You can now tell the ARCHOS to start recording from the video source (“Startrecording” red icon/menu item).

Close the screen to stop and save the recording*.

The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR travel Adapter will tell you more about how to record external video manually.

* All video recordings made by your ARCHOS device are saved in the “Video” folder. If you wish to keep them in a different location, you can use the “ Move” function of the ARCHOS le browser after recording (see: Using the FileBrowser ).

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9.5 reCOrdIng exTernal audIO Manually

With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR Travel Adapter, you will beable to record audio from most any standard audio source.

In the Home screen, select the “Recorder ” icon and use the tabs to access the“Video recorder ” mode. Then select the “Audio recorder ” menu item.

This screen will allow you to adjust the recording sound volume (left/right ar-rows), or change various settings (recording title, audio format).

You can now tell the ARCHOS to start recording from the audio source (“Startrecording” red icon/menu item).

Close the screen to stop and save the recording*.

The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR travel Adapter will tell you more about how to record external audio manually.

* All audio recordings made by your ARCHOS device are saved in the “Music/ (Rec)” folder. If you wish to keep them in a different location, you can use the“Move” func tion of the ARCHOS le browser after recording (see: Using theFile Browser ).

9.6 dIsPlayIng The arChOs On a TV

With the optional DVR Station Gen 5, Battery Dock or Mini dock, you will be ableto display the image of the ARCHOS on your TV.

Connect the ARCHOS with the adapter to the TV, press the TV/LCD button on theARCHOS, and the display of the ARCHOS will switch to the TV.

When the image is displayed on a TV, the TV/LCD LED indicator lights up and thebuilt-in LCD screen turns off.

The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5, Battery Dock or Mini dock will tell you more about how to display the image of the ARCHOS on your TV.

9.7 edITIng VIdeO fIles

Video les recorded with the ARCHOS DVR Station Gen 5 or Travel Adapter canbe edited by deleting the sections you do not wish included. The editing you can

do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video le.You will mark a segment of your video le, and then you will tell the ARCHOS todelete everything except the marked segment or to delete the marked segment fromthe video le. These operations can be done multiple times on the same video le.

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ExAMPLE 1

You have recorded a music video program and would like to keep one single musicpresentation. But you do not want to keep the rest of the television recording.

Beginning of recording Video section to keep End of recording

Open the video le you want to edit and pause it (See: Playing Video ).

In the progression bar, go to the beginning of the desired section (a), select the“Insert a mark” menu item, and choose “Start Mark”.

Forward to the end of the desired section (b), select the “Insert a mark” menuitem, and choose “End Mark”.

Select the “Edit Selection” menu item and choose “Crop”, which will deleteeverything except the designated section.

ExAMPLE 2

You have recorded a television program but would like to remove certain sectionsbefore the program started, parts during the program, and the program afterwardsbecause you had recorded a little extra.

Open the video le you want to edit and pause it (See: Playing Video ).

In the progression bar, go to the beginning of the rst undesired section (a), selectthe “Insert a mark” menu item, and choose “Start Mark”. Forward to the end

of the rst undesired section (b), select the “Insert a mark” menu item, andchoose “End Mark”. Select the “Edit Selection” menu item and choose “Cut”,which will cut out this part of the recording.

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Do the same for the other section(s) that you want to cut out.

If you want to keep the edit points and be able to re-edit another time, select the “Save edit” menu item, and choose “Save”.

If you want to save the edited le as a new individual le, select the “Saveedit” menu item, and choose “Write to new File”. A conrmation screenwill pop up.

If you want to cancel the edit points and restart editing, choose the “Cancel changes and restart edit” menu item.

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TrOubleshOOTIng

reseTTIng yOur arChOsIn the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond anymore, try to resetit: press the button for 15 seconds (the ARCHOS will shut down completely)and turn it on as usual.

If this does not work, you can also press the “master reset” button as shown be-low. You can use the end of a paper clip to press the button in the hole.

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Note: Resetting your ARCHOS will not erase any data from your device.

sysTeM reCOVery

If your ARCHOS does not respond correctly, or does not show certain songs or

videos that you have copied to it, try using the “Repair and Formatting Tools”(see: System Settings ).

If using the “Repair and Formatting Tools” did not solve your problem, you cantry a system recovery. It allows you to repair the hard drive, format it, etc.

Press the button to turn on your device.

When the built-in LCD screen turns on, immediately press and hold the TV/LCD button until the Recovery mode starts (blue screen).

To move from an option to another, use the up/down Navigation buttons.

To validate an option, press OK.

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“No”cancels the system recovery.

“Repair Disk”

attempts to repair the le structure on the hard drive.does not erase any data.

“Format Disk”

formats the hard drive.all data (music, photos, videos, etc.), licenses and settings are erased.

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If the touchscreen is not respondingproperly, or if it is not respondingat all, go to the “Display” settingsscreen.

Then use the “Touch-ScreenCalibration” button, and follow theinstructions on the screen.

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“Full Reinitialization” (erase all data, media les, licenses and settings)

In the event t hat your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond anymore, try toreset it (see: Resetting your ARCHOS ).

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TeChnICal sPeCIfICaTIOns

CAPACITy

See packaging .

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605High resolution 4.3’’ TFT LCD, 16 million colors, 800x480 pixels.

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VIdEo PLAybACk**

MPEG-4(2) (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution).

WMV (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution).

With optional software plug-ins (available for purchase at www.archos.com):

Video Podcast plug-in: H.264 up to DVD resolution and AAC.Cinema Plug-in: MPEG-2 MP@ML up to 10 Mbps (up to DVD resolution) andAC3 stereo sound (5.1).

AUdIo PLAybACk**

Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s CBR & VBR, WMA, Protected WMA, WAV(PCM/ADPCM).

With optional software plug-ins (available for purchase at www.archos.com):AAC(3) stereo audio les.

AC3 stereo audio and 5.1 sound les.

PHoTo VIEWER***

JPEG, BMP, PNG.

Pdf VIEWER

Reads PDF documents. May not implement all PDF features.

VIdEo RECoRdING(4)

Via the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR Travel Adapter. Records NTSC/PAL/SECAM in MPEG-4 AVI format with stereo sound, VGA resolution (640 x 480) @30 or 25 f/s.

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INTERfACES

USB 2.0 High-Speed Device (compatible USB 1.1): Mass Storage Class (MSC) andMedia Transport Protocol (MTP).

USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) withoptional Mini Dock, Battery Dock and DVR Station Gen 5.

CoNNECTIoNS

605WiFi (802.11b/g) connection. Optional Internet plug-in (Opera® webbrowser - supports Adobe Flash® content) for web browsing. Available for

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3.5 mm mini jack for headphones.

Docking connectors to connect DVR Station Gen 5 and other ARCHOS accessories.

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Built-in speaker

PoWER SoURCE

Internal: Lithium-Ion Polymer battery.

Device charges via computer USB port.

External: Power adapter/charger (via optional accessories).

SCALAbILITy

Downloadable rmware updates.

PACkAGE INCLUdES

ARCHOS device, headphones, ARCHOS USB cable, protective pouch, DVR Adapter,

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For Computer:

PC with Windows® ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Media Center.Macintosh® OS X or higher (with USB Mass Storage Class support).

Linux (with mass storage device support), USB port.

For PlaysForSureTM audio, video and subscription services: PC with Windows® XPSP1 or higher, Windows Media® Player 10 or higher, and USB 2.0 port.

* 1GB= 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity is less.

** Certain bitrates, resolutions, and/or le variations may not be compatible.

*** Certain resolutions and le sizes may not be compatible.(2) (MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group; AVI: audio/video le contain-er by Microsoft) without GMC and Quarter Pixel and WMV (including protected WMV).(3) Does not read AAC protected les.(4) External video output disabled for Macrovision®-protected contents.

LCd PIxEL PoLICy

The LCD screen on your ARCHOS unit has been manufactured to rigorous standards

to provide a high quality viewing experience. Nevertheless, your LCD screen may haveslight imperfections. This is not particular to the ARCHOS screen, but to all deviceswhich have LCD screens regardless of the original manufacturer of the LCD. Each prod-uct vendor guarantees that his screen will contain no more than a certain number of defective pixels. Each screen pixel contains three dot elements (Red, Blue, and Green).One or all of the dots in a given pixel may be stuck on or stuck off. A single dot stuck off is the least noticeable. All three dots of a pixel stuck on is the most noticeable.

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tive pixels (regardless if these pixels have one or more defective dots). This means thatduring the period of guarantee for your country or jurisdiction, if the screen on your product has four or more defective pixels, ARCHOS will repair or replace your productat its cost. Thus, three or less defective pixels is not grounds for replacement or repair of the product.

405ARCHOS guarantees that this device’s screen will have no more than 2 defec-

tive pixels (regardless if these pixels have one or more defective dots). This meansthat during the period of guarantee for your country or jurisdiction, if the screen on

your product has three or more defective pixels, ARCHOS will repair or replace your product at its cost. Thus, two or less defective pixels is not grounds for replacementor repair of the product.

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TeChnICal suPPOrT InfOrMaTIOn

Need Help? You can nd the information you need:

On our Website: see the frequently asked questions section onwww.archos.com/faq

By asking our technical support team: visit www.archos.com/support for e-mailsupport.

U.S. & Canada: Call 877-300-8879 (toll free).

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